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College Football Coverage: MAC Preview

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In an age where college football has taken over the athletic culture at so many schools, MAC football still seems down-to-earth…you know, like it’s a game, and not the essence of life itself. It’s also hard not to like the fact that this league has been pretty stable. They haven’t lost members to the raids of college football’s Five Families (SEC, Big 12, Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC) and the only addition in recent years has been UMass, who was simply elevating its program to the FBS level.

College Football Coverage: Northern Illinois Faces Challenges In Tough MAC West

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TheSportsNotebook’s college football coverage enthusiastically applauded the selection of the Huskies for the BCS, but a repeat is going to be hard to do. This side of the division looks like it’s going to be exciting, but with a stacked race that prevents any one team from racking up a huge win total. Three teams, including NIU have legitimate hopes of making it to Detroit on December 6 for the conference championship game.

College Football Coverage: Bowling Green Primed For Breakout In The MAC East

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In a league where it’s all about the quarterbacks, it’s refreshing to see Bowling Green build their success on defense. They had a solid D a year ago, and while they lose tackle Chris Jones—the MAC Defensive Player of the Year—nine other starters return and this will again be a team conference foes don’t want to get into the usual MAC scoring races with.